Police Arrest 12-year-old In Attempted Robbery

A 12-year-old boy tried to rob another boy with a knife Thursday night near S. Idaho and Wyoming streets in Allentown, city police said.

Police believe the boy held a knife to another 12-year-old boy and demanded money, said David Howells Jr., assistant city police chief.

The victim ran off and called police, who arrested the other boy, Howells said.

The boy was charged with attempted robbery, attempted theft, attempted extortion, attempted simple assault and making terroristic threats, and he was to be sent to the Lehigh County Juvenile Detention Center, Howells said.

Howells did not release the name of the suspect in the attempted robbery.